coming off the delaware bay. in northern delaware. 60s, even 50s now, cumberland 5d, low 60s in the shenandoah valley. manassas down to 64 and 67 in leesburg. high temperatures today spotty showers, upper 80s. should be a really nice start to the week. >> reporter: i'm happy to say we are not experiencing any major delays, coming in from the north. 95 looks great. in from laurel down to the beltway. there is one incident right now, fire activity on switzer lane in west laurel. you want to watch out for police direction around that fire activity. 32 is fine in columbia and down to the beltway as well. back over to a live pic and show you what it looks like if you are planning to head over to the beltway. all of your southern maryland

areas are incident free as well. clarksburg to german town all of your lanes are open. a few brake lights now. we'll take a live look at route 109. the pace is good into german town. i'll be back with more traffic. we get to a story happening today. the suspected aurora, colorado gunman is back in court. james holmes will be formally arraigned and officially charged. he was first in court one week ago, holmes is accused of killing 12 people inside a movie theater are july 20th. he is facing more than 100 charges. prosecutors will be setting up their case to give him the death penalty. >> his mental state during this process, in terms of when he is competent to even go through this process now, and his

mental state at the time that he committed these acts and not just at the time he committed these acts but the time leading up to the commission of the acts. >> reporter: this weekend in indianapolis, that's consider's regan smith drove a car pained to honor the 12 victims who died in the shooting. the man accused of plotting a shooting at his office is undergoing an emergency psychiatric evaluation. this will be going on for at least a week. on friday police arrested neil prescott, he was in the process of being fired from his job. he told a supervisor he was going to quote blow everybody up. prescott has not yet been charged. a jewelry store owner is dead and police are trying to find his killer. he was gunned down during a robbery friday in arlington at capital jewelers. delia has some of the family's

reaction and it is just gut-wrenching to hear delia. >> reporter: it is, so many people find it ca that thetic to speak out about their loved ones and to make a plea. in this case make a plea to the community, to take a close look at a surveillance picture of the suspect that we'll show you a little later on to see if we can catch this killer who took this father away from this wonderful family and took a family friend in a community member -- and a community member away from the community. they have placed flowers in memory of the man. family members tell us tommy wong worked late friday night, usually home though by 10:00 306789 but when he did not return home by midnight, family members called police and rushed to the store here.

investigators will not release details but they do tell us wong was a victim of an armed robbery around 4:00, friday afternoon. customers we spoke to describe a security system, pretty elaborate that he had in place and hoped to prevent such a tragedy. >> for insurance reasons you got in the door and then once you got that door closed, he would buzz you in on the other side. i don't know what to make of it. it is stupid. it is another loss of a good person. >> that is all you can say about it. another loss of a good person. >> reporter: ssenseless act. this is the person i was telling you about. these are surveillance pictures of the suspect. police say these were taken just as he was walking into the store minutes before the murder. he is described as a black man

in his 50s with a medium build. he is wearing a neon yellow traffic vest and that could have been the reason why family members believe wong buzzed this gentleman inside of his store, thinking perhaps he was some kind of contractor or worker here in the area. anyone with information is urged to call arlington county police immediately. coming up at 6:30, we are going to have an emotional interview with his daughter who spoke to us about this tragic event. prince george's county police, an officer shot over the weekend is now back home. officer rachael jacobs was hit in the leg friday night. she was working security at the galaxy nightclub and trying to break up a fight at the time. since then police have arrested 32-year-old kelly gill list, he is facing three counts of

attempted murder. police have arrested two others as well. it is going to cost montgomery county $12 million to replace more than 60 ride on buses that were taken off the streets lately. ike leggett pulled the buses after a fire in one of them two weeks ago. this was the latest in a series of fires on these types of buses. the county is going to buy 28 new buses to replace them. after weeks of dropping, gas prices are starting to move back up again. according to aaa's fuel gauge report, regular grade gas in our region now averages $3.51, a jump of 17 cents from just a month ago. nationwide the average is $3.49. if approved, bills go up in

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going high-tech to give people the feeling of independence. howard says we are going to have a partially cool sky today. cloudy with highs in the upper 80s. find out how much cooler the summer weather is going to last. but first are you dreading the work week this morning. monday can be the most stressful day. but apparently it is not much worse than any other work day. when it comes to people who say they are engaged at work 37% felt stress on monday. the number is about the same as you head into thursday. >> stress and worry slide down by everyone by the end of the week.

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we are off to a nice start this week. sunshine could be an isolated shower this afternoon. look at the temperatures they

are going to top out in the mid to upper 80s. rain chances are going up full details of the 7-day forecast in just a few minutes. thank you howard on the northbound side of 35, you are going it see a few brake lights. the pace is good across the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. back with more traffic once again at 6:17. when it comes to robots we are not living in the world the jets sons predicted. >> reporter: close right hand. >> in a lab deep in silicon valley robots are folding laundry and sorting socks and to act a little more human. >> reporter: i think the robotic technology is awesome. >> layla taught yawn na works

at willow garage, making robots less intimidating. >> reporter: and more practical. but it is not house work that is placing these row about the on the cutting edge. it is what they have done for people like henley evans who at the age of 40 suffered a severe stroke. it left him a quadriplegic, able to understand, unable to speak. evans's wife, jane. >> i didn't know it was going to happen. i didn't know. he was literally trapped in his body. >> reporter: but evans reese setly became one of the first to test a personal robot donated to a team of scientists at georgia tech. with eye movements and his limited use of one finger evans can now program the robot to help him shave, help him scratch, and to get a towel. it all takes a lot of work and time, for this clunky, 400-

pound machine. >> why not just hire someone as opposed to a compute officer. >> it is the difference between asking someone to do it for you versus doing it for yourself one thing we found is people really want to do things for themselves. then that independence. >> reporter: for henry, doing anything independently was once unthinkable. >> when you see that sense of satisfaction in his face, there is no words to describe it. it is amazing. i love the robot. the robot has helped my husband emerge into this person that i never dreamed possible. >> reporter: and opening up a world of endless possibilities. coming up on 6:15. howard is here with your weather first. 87 feels like fall. the hottest month in washington hiv. a good bet at that.

>> there has been enough humidity we have seen a lone shower pop. let's get you going with your day planner. most of us are going to stay dry. going to be a warm day but not unseasonably so. highs in the upper 80s to low night is very, very normal. 86 by noon we'll top out 88, 8. there will be again a stray shower, here's a look at radar this morning. a couple of showers approaching the northern neck. this thing has popped right over the harbor moving off to the west northwest. this is the outer loop here. we'll see if this thing can drift a little more toward howard county.

temperatures are running in 60s and 70s. 75 in town, the warm spot 67 for laurel, bowie 68 in fairfax as well. 68 leesburg and haymarket this morning. we have hazy sunshine early on this monday morning. 75 degrees, sunny skies reported at reagan national. winds east-northeast at 5 miles per hour. the humidity way up there at 84%. near 110 today in okay oklahoma city. we have winds generally coming in off the east. looks like it is not going to be building back toward us. a slow climb this week with the spotty shower and storm chances increasing a little bit. today looks like a good day in spite of the isolated shower

and thunderstorm. tomorrow a yellow alert mainly west of town is where i think we'll have our problems in the blue ridge and points west. a better chance of thunderstorms wednesday. another yellow alert day area wide 9. friday sunny and hot 93. low to mid 90s this weekend with spotty storms. good morning everybody. you know you just got a bit of that yellow. you can see that inside the beltway. but on the beltway itself things look great in getting there. dulles toll road you are fine. coming in to tyson's corner and springfield all lanes are open. let's take a live look outside at the american legion bridge things look great. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head over to the other side of town.

route 50 looking great no problems as you head into the northeast corner and the beltway in prince george's county looks good as well. you will be just fine in fact we'll take a live look outside this is new york avenue. no real delays as you head inbound toward the district. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic. right now i have a commuter alert and this is good news for drivers who travel through town. later this morning a new ramp will open along southbound 295. that means no more cutting through town or making u turns. that's been a big pain for people this has been the missing link for people heading through maryland into downtown. this new link will be part of the 11ing street bridge. a ramp connecting eastbound 25 should be open later this fall. these bridges were originally built in the 19 60s.

this is a huge milestone for the waterfront initiative. it will help pedestrians, cyclists. >> everybody. >> cool, thanks monika. let's check on the question of the morning now. for the first time ever, american women are doing this more than american men. serving in the military, competing in the him picks or working in corporate america? >> facebook friend jenny says it is b, competing in the olympics. women have become stronger over the years. >> keep the guesses coming. we have the answer at 6:54. we'll be rate back -- right back

yoo-hoo! mom? i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. welcome back. 6:22 your weather first. we are watching one lone shower on doppler hd across the baltimore beltway. north of bw i between 95 and 97.

we are looking at this a spotty shower today. otherwise a decent day with sunny skies, a couple of clouds and highs. mike? thanks howard. the 2012 summer olympics are in full swing of course. today it is the men's final in just a minute that's sticks and the american women's basketball team will be taking on angola. >> reporter: dana vollmer is now the record lolledder in the 100-meter butterfly. she shaved .08 off the record and won the gold for the usa. over on the men's side an upset in the freestyle relay. flans edged out team usa by one second. america wins silver. here's a look at the medal stanlings after the first weekend of the olympics. china has the most at 12, team

usa with 11, italy in third with 7. your first place nationals are off today and they better enjoy it. starting tomorrow against the phillies they will play 17 games in 16 days. when a wild one yesterday in milwaukee. michael more miss tied with a homerun in the ninth. bryce harper ryan zimmerman scored, nats up 11-9. bottom of the 11th, closer clippard gives up a solo homerun. there was one on. he gets a pop out to win the game. nats win 11-10 and they end their road trip with a stellar 6-1 record. over to nascar the brick yard 400, 30 laps left. jimmie johnson in the number 48 car passes greg biffle with the lead and he would not let go. his fourth career win at the brick yard. the time right now is 6:24.

of still ahead when mitt romney takes a tough stand on israel with a visit to jerusalem. two women were shot, the latest on the search for the gunman. right now monika has a quick check on your traffic. >> reporter: this is inbound i 66 at route 234 in manassas. i'll be back with more traffic in my next report. you are watching 9news now. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own.

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is that this is a place you can always get your weather first. 14 the street bridge pentagon city, 75 degrees not incredibly hot. >> thanks for starting your monday morning with us. i'm jessica doyle. >> and i'm mike haiduk. howard bernstein is live in a little bit of the soup. it is humid? >> reporter: it is muggy. 97 on saturday, yesterday about nine. today probably we'll stay in the upper 80s to near 90 for the high. i want to start today with the day planner. we have haze out here at tyson's

corner this morning. mid-80s by noon there is going to be a spotty shower or thunderstorm. radar looks quiet now but we have some things that are ahead and in the baltimore area a shower has popped up there between bw i and downtown. across 95 and 295 out to the he is with. another shower or two has popped up. the bay is so warm to time of year, showers pop up and they are drifting inland. everything moving off toward the west and temperatures 70s in town with low 60s well west of dc. monika has timesaver traffic on this monday morning. take it away. >> reporter: thank you howard. you have a bit of yellow forming inside the beltway on 66 and south of town here in springfield along the beltway

as well. we'll take a look right now, zooming in to northbound i-95. this is northbound 395. you have the brake lights through landmark and here at seminary road and king street you can see the traffic is moving well up to the 14th street bridge. we'll go back out live and head over to the west side of town. american legion bridge running smoothly. we'll show you what it looks like inbound 66 here near route 123 as you head inside the beltway and the wrote vellet bridge. palestinian leaders called mitt romney's comments on israel absolutely unacceptable. >> they are upset with this comment. >> it is a deeply moving experience to be in jerusalem, the capital of israel.

>> now palestinians lay claim to part of jerusalem and then to put their capital there. the united states keeps its embassy in tell asleeve right now -- in tell asleeve right now. carl highway rose is in los angeles this morning with a preview good morning charlie. >> reporter: mitt romney promises full pour for israel's goff and says keeping iran from getting nuclear weapons would be his highest national security priority. as bob scheaffer said plus new information about president obama's heritage on cbs this morning. all coming up live from los angeles a7:00. >> charlie, why are you in los angeles? that was a surprise. >> we had a little con fab the with press out here who write

about television, so gail is here and other people from cbs. we are having a good time in los angeles. how is it in dc? >> hot, sticky. >> nothing not to like about california. >> take care, charlie, have a good show. the syrian government says it has taken back more of a city this morning. but rebels say that is not true. both sides have been fighting for ten days to gale gain control of syria's largest city. u.s. defense secretary leon pa they ta spoke about that while starting his trip to the middle east. >> i think if they continue this kind of tragic attack, on their own people, i think it will

ultimately be a nail in a saddam's coffin. >> he is visiting israel and jordan this week. four homes damaged by fire. the fire began just after 11:00 last night in montgomery village near lake forest mall. you can see flames pouring out of one of the townhomes. it spreads to three other units. massive flames, fortunately no one was hurt but about 20 people are out of their homes this morning. dc police are looking for the gunmen who shot two women along u street. they were both hit, one was grazed on the neck and ear, the other was shot in the chin. both will survive. councilman jim graham doesn't know if the women were targeted or hit by stray bullets.

>> they are unrelated females, not together, weren't friends, they didn't know each other. it looks as though the target was somewhere else and this was pretty random. one week ago two other women were shot. boeing were hit in their legs. they were hit in the cross fire of a fight of two groups of men. arlington county went two years without a murder. now it has had two in a week the most recent violence took the life of a jewelry store owner. he was shot and killed friday during what appears to be a robbery at his store. called capital jewelers. delia has reaction from family there this morning. so sad. >> reporter: it is. when you hear this little girl, his daughter, her tearful plea and memories of her father, your harry potter just breaks for this young family, who really, their lives have been turned

upside down. but the community members here are shaken as well. we are still saga people this morning placing flowers before they head to work. you can see a collection of flowers are out here now for the hardworking business owner. 52-year-old tommy wong is survived by his wife, a son and daughter. his daughter tells us she last speak to her dad around 1:00 friday afternoon. he said everything was okay but police tell us three hours later, around 4:00, a man, an armed robber entered the store and took mr. wong's life. >> i just want to know why he didn't take what he needed and leave me alone. he could have just staken what he needed. he didn't have to take his life too. he was hardworking. he worked hard for his family.

he was a better dad than i could ever ask for. that is all i can say. >> reporter: just heartbreaking. take a close look at these pictures. the suspect was caught on surveillance camera as he was entering the store. police are hoping you can help them identify this man and bring him to justice. police describe him as a black man in his 50s, he was wearing a neon yellow traffic vest at the time. we are told mr. wong had several safety measures in place at the store because a previous owner had been robbed at this location. you physically had to be buzzed into the store to gain access into the shop. family members believe because the suspect had a yellow traffic vest on, perhaps their father thought this man was a worker in the area or a consider tore in the area and that is why he may

have let his guard down and allowed this man into the shop. around 4:00 on friday afternoon mr. wong was killed. if you have any information about what happened here, and about the suspect that you just saw, please call arlington county police right away. mike? looks like quick work by prince georges county police making two alefts. 16-year-old andre ad away and 17-year-old james murray are in custody now. they have admitted to being involved in the murder of 54-year-old david crop and i. -- crop ski. today is national cheesecake day. learn where you can get a slice for half-price or by two for the price of one.

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a pleasant 75 degrees. welcome back. monika here with timesaver traffic. generally speaking an easy monday morning. we are in the height of our summer traffic pattern and that is a good indication of why you are dealing with easy traffic on 395 up to the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. if you are planning to head over on the inbound side of the 14th street bridge a nice look here into downtown. no problems the length of 395 right now. we'll go back over to our maps and this time over to the other side of town. 270 southbound. you have a few brake lights, about 31 miles per hour here at route 109 and beyond 121. i have been looking at the cameras and no delays down to rockville and the point where the lanes divide. you have sunshine in your eyes

on the inner loop. i'm back with more traffic at 6:58. back to you guys. i'm out here on the weather terrace with howard and it is warm and a little sticky already. >> not as bad as it has been. >> nothing like the last couple of weeks. and we are glad to get rid of july here. july is going to go down as the hottest month in washington. going back to the 18 70s. weatherwise let's get you going this monday morning. 76 by 8:00. by noon we are looking at temperatures in the middle 80s and then this afternoon, we are going to be in the upper 80s with a spotty shower or storm. even this morning we have isolated stuff that we are looking at. live doppler 9 looks quiet, baltimore is kind of blocking the cell up there. not getting any lightning out of this but heavier downpours

across these areas. the baltimore beltway here, this thing is slowly drifting to the west. it popped up over the bay where water temperatures are up in the 80s this morning. down in the northern neck of virginia we are seeing a shower that also popped in the bay. this one is weakening but reidville a shower south of you slowly working its way onshore. temperatures are running in the 70s. in fact upper 70s along the bay. mid-70s in town. when you get inland, things cool off a little bit more. lower 60s with patchy fog in a few areas, winchester currently 61. we are in tyson's corners this morning. traffic looks like it is moving all right. temperature 75, mostly sunny at national airport with as an east-northeast wind at 5 miles per hour. 84% big picture nothing coming toward us the big boundary off to the south.

you see it in the carolinas and well out to the west. other than a few pop up showers or thunderstorms today we should be in good shape. area wide a better chance on wednesday. 88 today. ton we are in the 60s in the suburbs. 74 in dc. tomorrow 86. yellow alert for the afternoon storms but that is really more west of route 1529, sort of borderline green yellow. the better chance area wide of scattered storms wednesday. temperatures creep into the upper 80s. a spotty storm friday looks sunny and hot. michael hide don't eat it all before we get there. >> everybody in the newsroom has been circling through here this morning. that is because today is national cheesecake today and why it is not a federal holiday i don't think we are ever going to know that. maybe we should petition to make that happen. thanks for joining us. he has an option that you can do at home if you don't make it

out to the cheesecake factory to grab one. it has to do with this mix here. >> reporter: for five years we have been celebrating national cheesecake day. today we are offering any slice half-price for our diane in guests and debuting this oreo dream extreme cheesecake. today we are offering a recipe our viewers at home can make using any of our 30 legendary favors. >> this is original if at home you don't have a fancy scoop, you can use a spoon or fork. normally i would eat that right off there, but i'll. you that. roll it through the side. >> i have two boys at home so i have 10 or 15 of these toppings laid out for them. we have samples here my wife's favorite is the red velvet. at home you can use any flavor you like. >> we have this simple recipe on our facebook page and tomorrow

we are extending national cheesecake day for our fans. >> to star you are making a regular cheesecake recipe and then you can leave it as opposed to, do you bake this? >> reporter: you can order this online. and you can justify put that in there and mix it up. up a firm feeling so leave it in the freezer to about 3 minutes. use that scoop. >> this is special. you will be one of the first people safetying the cheese cake. >> it is our oreo dream extreme. it is a layer of fudge cake, oreo cream filling and a hershey icing on top. >> i don't even need to talk, i'm i didn't have going to keep eating. tell people again what can they get for a deal on cheesecake today? >> any slice half-price and we

are extending that through tomorrow for our facebook fans. if you fan us you can take that ton tomorrow. thankfully there is a whole danger here. >> wow mike that is a good assignment. every day i bring you daily deals to save you money. us get a jewelry set for 49 bucks, necklace, earrings and a ring. normally goes for $24 so you are saving 80%. you can find this at deal finds. from google offers you are going to get 80 bucks toward clothing. the shop sells all the latest styles for college and finally 20 bucks gets you and a guest into the luxury bridal show at the wedding salon in the madison hotel in down dc. you'll get to meet with

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a hazmat chemical spill at the ups store in laurel, maryland. no one was hurt and police have been evacuated until things are under control. former redskins fullback mike sellers will announce his retirement today. he spend 12 seasons in the nfl. before he was cut in march. it is 6:54. that means it is time to reveal the answer to your question of the morning. the question one more time, for the first time, more female americans, women are doing this than men these days. is it serving in the military, competing in the olympics or working in corporate america? >> our facebook friends had this one right. the answer is b, competing if olympics. we didn't have a single guess this morning anything other than b. they figured it out. one more check of traffic and weather. when 9news now comes back we'll be right back.

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is that one more thing before we go. aparly ladies are a little more prone to road rage than men are. go figure. >> there is a new survey out commissioned by career builder. 61% of women said they had experienced road rage compared to 56% of men. >> one word. well maybe it is two. multi-tasking. that could be the reason. we have so much going on in our minds. >> trying to put makeup on, talk on the phone. >> got work, got deadlines. >> it also says during the heat

of the summer we tend to road rage a little less. >> too hot to be cranky. >> don't text and drive. you see people of all ages do that. suicidal. weatherwise we have a good day today. isolated showers and storms in spots. temperatures creep up to the mid 90s by sunday. a live look from our sky 9 where there is a disabled tractor trailer on the shoaled heir tracting some attention. cbs this morning is coming up next. they are live from los angeles today. they are going to have more on mitt romney's trip overseas and author dean couldn't is going to talk about his new book. howard and i will be back with traffic and weather. >> while you are at work today get updates at wusa9.com. have a great day even though it is monday.